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Teacher of the Year Nominee: Ms.Cochran

By: Staff Writer Apoorva Rajanala     The Teacher of the Year nominations began in 1972 to acknowledge the challenges that teachers face to commend them for the hard work and effort that they put into their…

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MSJ Teacher Quirks Interactive

By: Staff Writers Vivian Liu, Megan Ren, and Abby Wong   MSJ teachers have a lot to contribute to the fascinating culture at our school. Can you guess some of their quirks? Click the image to explore our…

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Humans of MSJ: January

A new online series called Humans of MSJ will allow a window into our school community, much like Humans of New York, a popular Facebook page. Watch this site monthly to see thoughts and portraits…

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NaNoWriMo at MSJ

  By: Irisa Lee & Arti Patankar In the November issue, the Smoke Signal featured several MSJ students who participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which writers have one month to write a…

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Brian Mi Spotlight, Continued

The Smoke Signal‘s interview with Junior Brian Mi, continued from our September issue:   By: Laura Chen The Smoke Signal: How did you start waspkeeping? BM: So it was just a usual day, not doing my chemistry homework,…

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MSJ Club Guide, Continued

Here are many additional major club events that we were unable to cover in the paper due to space limitations.   By: Vivian Jair, Anjali Kanthilal, Kerrie Wu, Anna Zeng & Lindy Zeng   Last…

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